Creating Sustainable Child-Serving Workforce and Foster Care Modernization Act

Summary

The legislation requires the Department of Human Services to recalculate basic, special and therapeutic foster care rates using current cost data and to tie future changes to a recognized index such as the Employment Cost Index or CPI‑Medical. It also raises therapeutic foster care and agency administrative rates and adds incentive payments to encourage caregiver retention and placement stability. The goal is to modernize foster care funding and support a more stable workforce.

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